A number of Joplin area players were recently named all-state by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association.
GIRLS
Carl Junction junior guard Destiny Buerge was selected to the Class 5 all-state team. It was the second straight season that Buerge was named all-state.
Buerge was the lone player from the COC selected in Class 5, while Republic’s Kaemyn Bekemeier and Nixa’s duo of Ali Kamies and Macie Conway were named to the Class 6 team.
Nevada sophomore guard Clara Swearingen was named to the Class 4 team.
Miller’s Claudia Hadlock was selected in Class 2. It was the third straight season Hadlock was named all-state.
BOYS
Neosho senior guard K’dyn Waters was the lone local player selected to the Class 5 all-state team.
College Heights Christian senior guard Miller Long and Verona senior guard Jaiden Carrasquillo were named all-state in Class 2.
Golden City junior Josh Reeves was named all-state in Class 1.
From the COC, Nixa’s Colin Ruffin and Kael Combs were selected in Class 6.
FULL TEAMS: https://mo.nhsbca.org/mbca-all-state